Mahón
[maˈõn]
The verdict
“Mahón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,732 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,732
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad situada en el este de la isla de Menorca (Baleares, España).
Corpus desk
Index ES-mahon · Mahón · Spanish
Mahón · rank #61,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,732
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH lúpulo
Nearest frequency peer: lúpulo (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Mahón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- llovieron
llovieron
38,275 corpus weight
- luneta
luneta
38,272 corpus weight
- luteranos
luteranos
38,271 corpus weight
- lúpulo
lúpulo
38,270 corpus weight
- Mahón
Mahón
38,269 corpus weight
- marshal
marshal
38,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Mahón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mahón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maˈõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Mahón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Mahón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,732 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [maˈõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad situada en el este de la isla de Menorca (Baleares, España).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mahón in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Mahón, spelled M-A-H-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Ciudad situada en el este de la isla de Menorca (Baleares, España).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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